Tag: Jobs

Wage growth disappoints in June

Wage growth disappoints in June

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2015 1:43 pm

Economy adds 223,000 jobs in June, unemployment falls to 5.3 percent

Economy adds 223,000 jobs in June, unemployment falls to 5.3 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 2, 2015 12:32 pm

Former President George W. Bush speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes program and the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative national summit, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. The summit focuses on creating employment opportunities for post-9/11 veterans and military families. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Bush announces plan to help veterans find jobs

Daniel Chaitin · June 25, 2015 9:17 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, joins members of the City Council and community leaders as he signs into law an ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 13, 2015. The ordinance makes Los Angeles the largest city in the U.S. to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

LA County balking at matching city’s $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2015 3:25 pm

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending June 20 on Thursday, June 25, 2015. (Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Jobless claims nearly steady at 271,000

Joseph Lawler · June 25, 2015 12:34 pm

Obama says supporter writes him: ‘You’re an idiot’

Obama says supporter writes him: ‘You’re an idiot’

Paul Bedard · June 19, 2015 11:51 am

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the week ending June 13 on Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims fall to 267,000, well below expectations

Joseph Lawler · June 18, 2015 12:39 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses an audience during a campaign stop at Trident Technical College Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Clinton announces federal apprentice program in South Carolina

Ariel Cohen · June 17, 2015 9:18 pm

LA mayor says no exceptions to minimum wage

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending June 6 on Thursday, June 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jobless claims at 279,000 in first week of June

Joseph Lawler · June 11, 2015 12:35 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Tom Coburn: ‘Washington is hurting this country’

Philip Klein · June 11, 2015 4:01 am

A city office employee works into the night as darkness closes in on October 10, 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Businesses prepare for Obama’s new overtime rule

Sean Higgins · June 10, 2015 9:00 am